Ready to lose it.
Hi everyone.
I'm a 24, almost 25 year old stay at home mom and student. My son is 22 months old.
Historically I have always been skinny. In fact, before getting married I was so thin that I was often accused of being unhealthy. I weighed around 122 pounds on my wedding day. I never envisioned getting this out of control to myself. I put on some weight after I got married, but finally looked healthy for the first time.
On the day I gave birth to my son, March 31, 2009, I was 181 pounds. I managed to get myself back down to 165, and then I don't know what happened. A love of food, and a love of sedentary activities and napping with my baby boy, I suppose. As of today I am 189.9.
My goal is to get back down to about 150. I have tried several different things over the last year, including going to the gym, at home work out videos, I tried running and biking, but it's hard for me to stay motivated. I am one of those folks who unfortunately likes to see immediate results and I give up too easily. I hardly know the first thing about dieting and the mere idea typically makse me sad as I have always ate whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted.
I am hoping the more I get involved this time the more likely I will be to succeed. I have a very large friend of mine who is going to start working out with me this very evening, we will be doing the p90x program together. I really want to meet my goal. I want to enjoy wearing clothes again, I want the energy to keep up with my toddler, and I want to feel like my husband isn't secretly wishing I would be the thin girl he married four years ago. Also, I want to get into good health to expand my family again after I graduate, and that includes being at a healthy weight! (so then I can work hard to lose it all again, lol)
I guess that's enough out of me. Good luck to all of you in losing and maintaining as well. I have seen some of the tickers around here showing how much weight some of you have lost, and it makes me proud of people I don't even know!
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I am also 24 and my goal is close to yours. I am currently doing South Beach Diet. It's been successful for me in the past as well as for my family and friends. I would read into all the diets out there and decide which one is best for you and your lifestyle. 
